Iris's Gift

Iris's Gift
Sire	Gunner B
Dam	Shirley's Gift
Damsire	Scallywag
Sex	Gelding
Foaled	1997
Country	Great Britain
Colour	Grey
Breeder	Mrs R Crank
Owner	Robert lester
Trainer	Jonjo O'Neill
Record	25: 14-5-0
Earnings	£339,503
Major wins
Winter Bumper (2002) Bristol Novices' Hurdle (2002) Prestige Novices' Hurdle (2003) Sefton Novices' Hurdle (2003) Liverpool Hurdle (2004) World Hurdle (2004)

Iris's Gift was a National Hunt racehorse trained in Britain by Jonjo O'Neill.

He made his racecourse debut in August 2001, where won a National Hunt flat race at Worcester Racecourse. He followed that up with another success at the same track the following month, before winning a Grade 2 National Hunt flat race at Newbury Racecourse in February. Iris's Gift lost his unbeaten record on his next start, where he finished fifth in the Champion Bumper at the Cheltenham Festival. He had one more race that season, where he finished second in Champion Standard Open NH Flat Race at Aintree Racecourse in April.

Iris's Gift was immediately sent novice hurdling the following season and started with a winning debut over the obstacles in October at Bangor. He followed that up with another win at Cheltenham Racecourse the following month before winning the Grade Bristol Novices' Hurdle in December 2002. After winning his next two starts, including the Prestige Novices' Hurdle, he was stepped up to Grade 1 level in the Cheltenham Festival. Rather than contest one of the top novice hurdles, he contested the World Hurdle as a novice, where he finished a 3/4 length second to Baracouda. In his final appearance of the season, he won the Sefton Novices' Hurdle by 8 lengths as the 10/11 favourite.

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